RICKA (KRUGER) LANE KERSTEN, 83, of Oconto, WI, and formerly of Fall Creek, died Monday, November 27, 2000 at her daughter's home in Oconto. She was born on February 2, 1917 to Edward and Lena (Stobb) Kruger in the Town of Wheaton, Chippewa County near Albertville, Wisconsin.\r\nRicka married Enos Lane on May 15, 1935. He died in 1968. She married George Kersten in October 1973, and he also preceded her in death, in 1980.\r\nRicka worked as a tire builder for Uniroyal Tire Company, and in the Dietary Department at Sacred Heart Hospital.\r\nShe was a longtime member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church where she was the church greeter for many years and enjoyed quilting for World Relief. She also enjoyed knitting and making her krumkaka for family and friends. Survivors include three daughters, Delia (Chartrand) Beekman of Oconto, WI, Elizabeth Lane of Walton, IA, and Orva (Gary) Hegg of Olympia, WA; a brother-in-law, Ernest (Eva) Lane of Eau Claire; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.\r\nShe was preceded in death by five brothers, Emil, Walter, Rudolph, Albert, and Fredrick; five sisters, Lena, Myrtle, Olga, Matilda, and Dorothy.\r\nThe family would like to thank Respite people and Gallager Funeral Home of Oconto for their help.\r\nFuneral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Fall Creek, with Pastor Larry Borgelt officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery, Eau Claire. Friends and relatives may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Lenmark-Gomsrud-Linn Funeral Home in Eau Claire, and an hour prior to services at the church on Saturday.

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